“In whom [Christ] are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:3).
Grace was looking for a special place to keep her treasures. She had laid them all on the floor of her room in a little pile. There was a pure white clam shell she had found at the beach. There were three quarters from the state of Georgia, where she lived. There was a little ceramic dog she had begged Mom to buy for her at a yard sale. There was a ticket stub from the zoo with a picture of a tiger on it. And there was a glittery, gold silk ribbon that had come on a birthday present last year.
Grace spotted an old shoebox at the back of her closet. She found some pretty flowered wrapping paper, and she carefully covered the box and the lid separately as if she were wrapping a present. She put all her treasures inside and wrote with a gold glitter pen on the lid, “My Treasure Box.” Then she hid the box in a dresser drawer beneath a pile of sweatshirts. No one would ever find it there!
Many people have a special place where they keep their treasures. But God’s Word tells us in Colossians 2:3 that we can find treasure in a person. That person is Jesus Christ. Hidden in Jesus are “all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
Have you ever wished that you knew exactly what to do in a certain situation? Maybe there has been some trouble with your friends at school and you’re not sure how to respond. Maybe you’re not sure how to tell your neighbor about Jesus. Or maybe you’re not sure what to be when you grow up. There are many problems in our lives for which we need wisdom. When you really, really need wisdom, it is like a treasure to you. And Jesus Himself is the special place where all the treasures of wisdom are stored up. As you seek Him by reading His Word and praying, He will guide you for any decision or problem—great or small. To know Him is to find a treasure store of wisdom.
In Jesus we can find all the treasures of wisdom.
My response:
» Do I try to figure out how to deal with problems on my own?
» Or do I go to Jesus for wisdom when I have a problem?